Improvement in washing-machine



To all 'who-m. it may concern:

della (eine JOHN L. LA ROSE, OF LEVENWORTH, KANSAS.

Letters Patent No. 196,492, dated-August 16, 187 0.

IMPROVEMENT IN WASHING-MACHINE.

The Schedule referred tb .in these Letters Patent and maisng p axt ofthe same Be it known that I, JOHN L. LA ROSE, of Leavenworth, inthe"county of Leavenworth and State of Kansas, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in a Vlasher for Cleansing and Securing WearingApparel, Washing Bed and Table-Linen,` Ste.; and the following is afull, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being 4had tothe accompanying drawing making a part of this speciication, in which-FigureV 1 represents angendsectional view of the frame, suds, andrinsing-box, the revolving clothescylinder with the portion opened,showing the apertures in the end ofthe cylinder, the form and position`of the slats which-cover the cylinder.

Figure 2 shows a side view section through the same, with the journals,crank-coupling, and stuingbox.

Figure?. is an enlarged view of the open sec-tion of thewashing-cylinder. f p

Figure 4 shows detached views, infperspective, of tbe stnliin'g-box, andthe clutch orfcrank-coupling, with the cylinder'. g K l Figure 5 shows asmall perspective view of the machine with the cover removed.

My invention relates to a class that, perhaps, of all othlershas beenpnt in almost every conceivable form; an"

It consists in the construction of the'washing-'cylinder, with itsangularbeveled openings `through the heads orends of the cylinder,andthe peculiar shape and position the slats are put onforcovering .thecylinder, so that,by revolving it in one direction, the suds andrinsing-water will be drawn in byV the slats through the clothes, andpass out at the apertures in the ends; and byrrevolving the cylinder inthe reverse direction,rthe cylinder is mostly emptied of the water,

carrying with it the impurities separated from t-he clothes to be drawnoff; and, incombination therewith, the doveta'iled coupling-box, forconnecting and .disconnecting the cylinder from the crank. and sudsbox.

General Description. The suds-box A is constructed inthe usual manner,with a curved sheet-metal bottom, B, it being supported on legs b b,whichare secured to the frame of the box by the boit-rods a d, whichhold and clamp the box together.

The revolving cylinder O is so constructed that the clothes orarticlesto be cleansed are put inside, a por-l tion ofthe cylinder Obeing hinged -for the purpose of opening into it. i

' The two heads. c c are provided with oblong square apertures, d d, cutin rectangular positions from the center, the apertures in both headsbeing beveled in one direction, so that the water will easily pass outwhen rotated in one direction, and in when themotion is reversed. Theslats e'e e `e,`.with which the cylinder is covered, are peculiarlyformed, the inner and outer edges being brought nearly to anedge, andthe sides rounded over, from the opposite corners, so as to make theform similar to the blade ofvan oar, by which means the Water isconveyed int-o the cylinder, and. the air is mixedwith it, aud-'forcedthroughthe clothes as they one direction, and the water isy nearly allexcluded from the-cylinder and clothes when turned in the oppositedirection, thus rinsingi and throwing out the dirt to be drawn off fromthe suds-box A at the spigot g.

'ihecrank D is permanently connected with the suds-box by thestuffing-box E,'and is provided on 'the inside with a dovet-ail clutch,F, which forms a coupling with the revolving washing and rinsing-cy1inder', by the sliding'in of the counter-piece plate f, which is securedcent-rally on the outside of one oi the cylinder-heads c. y

The other head c is providedwith ajournal, 71., and journal-box k, openatthe top, so that the cylinder can easily be taken out of the box A andreplaced at pleasure.

vVlhat I claim as my invention is- 1. A washing and rinsing-cylinder,with angular' beveled oblong apertures, dd, through the heads cc, asarranged in combination withthe oval or oar-shaped -covering slats e e ee, operating in the manner as and for the purposes-described.

2. In combination with the above, the dovetail coupling F f, thestuffing-box E, and crank D, as

herein shown and described.

In testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe my name in the presence of- JOHNJJ. LA ROSE.

Witnesses z E E. HENRY,

T. P. GARRETI.

are tumbled and chali'ed by revolving the cylinder in.

